They rescue a woman and her four children while trying to enter the United States by swimming

A woman, the mother of four children ages 2, 7, 10 and 14, all Mexican, who were trying to enter the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande (Rio Grande in the United States), was rescued by immigration agents with an advanced. Symptoms of hypothermia due to spending nearly seven hours in water, immigration authorities reported this Sunday.

In a statement, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) indicated that a family of five of Mexican nationality had been rescued after “staying in the water for several hours” – with low temperatures – waiting to enter US territory. by agents of the Beta Piedras Negras group in the river area in the state of Coahuila.

“This is a woman, the mother of four children, ages 2, 7, 10 and 14, respectively, who showed advanced symptoms of hypothermia after being in water for approximately seven hours before entering the United States at the Altitude Puente 1 border crossing,” the statement said. said.

An INM note based on the Ministry of Interior (Interior) indicated that agents of Grupo Beta – a unit of the organization specialized in providing guidance and assistance to migrants from the state of Coahuila – were conducting espionage work nearby. Rio Grande “and, in the distance, they could see movement under Bridge 1, so they approached the point.”

They explained that almost across the river, on the American side, there was a family that requested help and that the agents approached in an airboat.

“Visibly exhausted and cold, the mother walked with her children to the airboat where thermal sheets were immediately placed on them to regain body heat and they were transferred to the mainland Mexican side,” INM noted.

They indicated that the woman was carrying her two-year-old son (born in San Luis Potosí) while the other minors (born in Coahuila) remained in the water, which reached waist height.

After the rescue, the family was taken to the fire department ambulance which was responsible for checking their health and then shifted them to the hospital for medical treatment.

The INM suggested that Grupo Beta agents are strategically located in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Oaxaca, areas through which the largest number of migrants migrate in the country. Aiming to provide them with humanitarian aid, first aid and assistance.

In the first days of the year, Mexico, the last transit country on the migrants’ route to the United States, reported a new and larger migrant caravan in the south and the kidnapping of 32 South American and Central American migrants in the north. In the country, the dramatic migration crisis shows no prospect of improvement in 2024.

In 2023, a historic number of people seeking to enter the United States was recorded at the border with Mexico, where the US Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) confirmed that more than 2,000 people arrived from January to November. 2 million immigrated to the United States.